Improvement in harness-saddles



L. c. PEPPER '& IBLPE'PHAPP.

HARNESS'SADDLES.

No. 194,460. JP'atPPnte d Aug. 21,1877.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N- PEL'ERS, PHOTO LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGYON. D C.

LEANDER U. PEPPER AND BENJAMINE,GEPHAR-T, OF MOUNT PLEASANT,

UNITED ST ES PATENT OFFICE.

IOWA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF. THEIR RIGHT TO JAMES T. DRUM- MOND AND W.L. ALBERT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,460, dated August21, 1877 application filed April 9, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LEANDER O. PEPPER and BENJAMINE GEPHART, of MountPleasant, in the county of Henry and in the State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Saddles; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a harnesssaddle, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved harness-saddle. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section of the same, showing on one side a stuffed padand on the other side a pad of sheet metal. Fig.3 is a perspective viewof the end of the sheet-metal pad.

A represents an ordinary stuifed pad for harness-saddles, and B is thesaddle-leather,

which lies over and is secured to the nut or burr piece 0. This piece 0is formed with a groove, 01., and metallic loops b b, to receive the endof the skirt. 7

The skirt and layer of the saddle are, as usual, stitched together, butare parted at the upper end, so that the skirt will pass into the grooveon in the lower end of the not or burr piece 0, and the end of the layerpasses over the housing D and into the flange-recess in the under partof the yoke E, and both the skirt and layer are fastened by means of thepad-screw Gin such a manner as to admit of the same being detached atpleasure by simply taking out the pad-screw G, -or readjusted by inversemeans.

H H are ordinary terrets, which, in connection with the pad-screws G G,fasten the yoke E, housing D, and pad A substantially together, and theseveral parts are detached by unscrewing said terrets and pad-screws.

I is an ordinary hook or check-strap holder, fastened to the yoke E bymeans of a shank and tap on the lower end.

d d are the nuts, placed in sockets on the under piece of the nut-piece0, and in which the terrets and pad-screws fasten.

The yoke E is made of sheet metal, and is provided with a flange, 6,along its edges, projecting downward, with openings at the ends toreceive the ends of the layer. The yoke is also provided on the underside with transverse ribs h, having enlarged centers through which theterrets pass. The crupperJ is also attached to the center of said yoke.

The flanges e on the edges of the yoke E form recesses at the ends, onthe under side, for the reception of the layers or bearers, and,together with the ribs h, they serve to strengthen the yoke, and therebyrequiring less weight of metal to secure proper strength.

The metallic loops 1) on the nut-piece (J serve to strengthen saidnut-piece or stifi'en it, preventing it from cupping, and at the sametime leave the end of the pad flexible.

Instead of the stuffed pad A, a sheet-metal pad, L, may be used, inwhich case the nutpiece 0 is'also made of sheet metal and provided withthe groove 0 and loops b, and has suitable sockets to receive the nuts(1, as shown.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the housing D, the narrow metallic yoke E,provided with down ward-projecting flanges e, which rest on the housing,and with cross-ribs h, forming enlargements, through which the screws ofthe terrets pass, as set forth.

2. The nut-pieceU, provided with the groove a. and loops b,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the nut-piece 0, having grooves a and loops b,the housing D, and yoke E, of the pad-screws G, for fastening both theskirts and layers in position, In testimony that we claim the foregoingsubstantially as herein set forth. we have hereunto set our hands this2d day 4. The combination of the pad with nutof March, 1877. piece 0,having groove on and loops b, the LEANDER (J. PEPPER. housing 1), theyoke E having flanges e and BENJAMINE GEPHART. ribs h, the pad-screws G,and the terrets H, Witnesses: all constructed substantially as and forthe J. S. BENNINGTON, purposes herein set forth. H. K. WILLIAMS.

